2026 Luciano Colombo: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	51	9874	9536	197	192	340	9811

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Overview

Luciano Colombo is affiliated with the University of Cagliari in Italy and has a research profile centered on materials science and engineering. Their scientific work spans several subfields, primarily materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, biomedical engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their research covers a variety of topics within the broader domain of thermal and electronic material properties, including:

Thermal properties of materials
Advanced thermoelectric materials and devices
Graphene research and applications
Semiconductor materials and interfaces
Advanced memory and neural computing
Nanocluster synthesis and applications
Phase equilibria and thermodynamics

Luciano Colombo has published papers in several academic journals and conference venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Advanced Theory and Simulations
Physical Review Materials
Nanotechnology
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Recent published works of Colombo highlight a focus on thermal conductivity, thermoelectricity, and material behavior under variable conditions:

Observation of second sound in a rapidly varying temperature field in Ge, 2021, Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Roadmap on thermoelectricity, 2023, Nanotechnology
Strong Anharmonicity at the Origin of Anomalous Thermal Conductivity in Double Perovskite Cs₂NaYbCl₆, 2023, Advanced Science
Impact of synthetic conditions on the anisotropic thermal conductivity of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT): A molecular dynamics investigation, 2020, Physical Review Materials
Intrinsic thermoelectric figure of merit of bulk compositional SiGe alloys: A first-principles study, 2021, Physical Review Materials

Coauthor collaborations have been a significant aspect of Colombo's research environment. The most frequent scientific partners include:

Claudio Melis
Antonio Cappai
Riccardo Dettori
Andrea Falqui
Miquel López-Suárez

Best Publications

Elastic properties of hydrogenated graphene

Emiliano Cadelano;Pier Luca Palla;Stefano Giordano;Luciano Colombo

710
Citations
Nonlinear elasticity of monolayer graphene

Emiliano Cadelano;Pier Luca Palla;Stefano Giordano;Luciano Colombo

506
Citations
An Efficient Linear Scaling Algorithm for Tight Bonding Molecular Dynamics

S. Goedecker;L. Colombo

496
Citations
Intrinsic point defects in crystalline silicon: Tight-binding molecular dynamics studiesof self-diffusion, interstitial-vacancy recombination, and formation volumes

Meijie Tang;L. Colombo;Jing Zhu;T. Diaz de la Rubia

473
Citations
Gap opening in graphene by shear strain

Giulio Cocco;Emiliano Cadelano;Luciano Colombo

372
Citations
Valence-band offsets at strained Si/Ge interfaces

L. Colombo;R. Resta;S. Baroni

236
Citations
Atomic scale origin of crack resistance in brittle fracture.

A. Mattoni;L. Colombo;F. Cleri

114
Citations
GROWTH OF NANOSTRUCTURED CARBON FILMS BY CLUSTER ASSEMBLY

D. Donadio;L. Colombo;P. Milani;G. Benedek

111
Citations
Effect of hydrogen coverage on the Young's modulus of graphene

Emiliano Cadelano;Luciano Colombo

106
Citations
Atomistic simulations of the sliding friction of graphene flakes

Federico Bonelli;Nicola Manini;Emiliano Cadelano;Luciano Colombo

105
Citations
Formation and annihilation of a bond defect in silicon: An ab initio quantum-mechanical characterization

F. Cargnoni;C. Gatti;L. Colombo

100
Citations
Thermal Rectification by Design in Telescopic Si Nanowires.

Xavier Cartoixà;Luciano Colombo;Riccardo Rurali

98
Citations
First-principles study of the structural and elastic properties of zirconia

Giuseppe Fadda;Luciano Colombo;Giovanni Zanzotto

94
Citations
Hydrogen diffusion in silicon from tight-binding molecular dynamics.

G. Panzarini;L. Colombo

92
Citations
Scaling properties of polycrystalline graphene: a review

Andreas Isacsson;Aron W. Cummings;Luciano Colombo;Luciano Colombo;Luciano Colombo;Luigi Colombo

91
Citations
Calculating thermal conductivity in a transient conduction regime: theory and implementation

Claudio Melis;Riccardo Dettori;Simon Vandermeulen;Luciano Colombo

89
Citations
Boron ripening during solid-phase epitaxy of amorphous silicon

A. Mattoni;L. Colombo

85
Citations
Simulation of the Amorphous-Silicon Properties and Their Dependence on Sample Preparation

G Servalli;Luciano Colombo

84
Citations
Structural and binding properties of vacancy clusters in silicon

A. Bongiorno;L. Colombo;T. Diaz De la Rubia

83
Citations
Electrical and thermal transport in coplanar polycrystalline graphene-hBN heterostructures

José Eduardo Barrios-Vargas;Bohayra Mortazavi;Aron W. Cummings;Rafael Martinez-Gordillo

83
Citations
Surface phonons in Si(111) + H(1×1)

U Harten;Jp Toennies;Ch Woll;L Miglio

78
Citations